Senior Infrastructure Architect - Security & Automation

You will be responsible for

Required Skills & Experience

• Senior-level experience designing, implementing, operating, or leading enterprise infrastructure solutions across hybrid cloud, on-premises platforms, compute, storage, networking, resiliency, governance, and security.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure, Azure Local, Azure Arc, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, RBAC, monitoring, and infrastructure governance controls.
• Advanced understanding of enterprise operating system architecture for Windows Server and Linux, including infrastructure features such as Windows Failover Clustering, Storage Spaces Direct, Hyper-V virtualization, Linux server administration concepts, high availability, storage integration, networking, performance, and platform security.
• Experience and proficiency with secure automation, scripting, infrastructure-as-code, and source control practices using tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform, PowerShell, pull requests (create/review/merge) and secrets management.
• Ability to provide technical leadership in a combined architecture, engineering/operations team, including mentoring engineers, reviewing designs, supporting implementation, and acting as a senior escalation point.
• Ability to work independently in a high-performing environment, remain accountable to agreed deadlines, and build strong relationships with internal business groups, technology teams, vendor partners, and external technical resources.
• Strong communication, documentation, stakeholder management, problem-solving, prioritization, and time management skills, with the ability to build consensus, influence technical and non-technical partners, manage competing priorities, and align technical solutions to business needs.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience in financial services, pension, investment management, or another regulated enterprise environment.
• Experience with container platforms or modern platform services such as Kubernetes, Docker, AKS, or GKE.
• Experience with technology product evaluation, vendor engagement, platform roadmaps, operational resilience, or disaster recovery planning.
• Relevant Microsoft, Google, security, automation, infrastructure, or DevOps certifications are considered an asset.
• We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. In delivering on our pension promise, keeping us connected to our work and each other, our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come in to the office 4 days per week.
• You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.
• As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.
• From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.
• Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.